BadPlayer

You got a group together for the daily heroic. Everyone's gear checks out and every body seems confident about the run. So you pass group leader off to the tank so he can set the raid targets, and everyone heads inside the instance. It isn't long before you realize that things are going horribly. You have a BadPlayer in the group, and he doesn't know how to play his class.
You definitely don't want to run with him anytime soon. But he doesn't really belong on either your Friends or Ignore lists.

Add him to your BadPlayer list. BadPlayer allows you to list as many characters as you see fit. Each entry contains basic player info (such as name, level, race, class, and guild) along with the Date and Details of your last 'incident'.

This addon will also alert you if you unintentionally group up with a BadPlayer if he is on your list or on the list of one of your guild members.

Disclaimer: Player seen in the screenshots are not 'Bad'. They were added to simply demo this addons UI and were removed from the list shortly after.
This addon was designed for my girlfriend. I found that she was putting people she didn't want to group with on her friends list because it was the only list with comments.

Version 3.2.0.18 (8/4/09)
- Compatible with Patch 3.2
- No longer attempts to use the guild channel when not available ("You are not in a guild.")

Version 3.0.9.12 (3/5/09)
- Query References now updates the incident data if it has been changed since you last loaded it
- Reference list is now sorted by the date of last incident (decending)

Version 3.0.9.11 (3/5/09)
- Updated version checking system

Version 3.0.9.10 (Unreleased)
- Fixed crash on reference frame load

Version 3.0.9.9 (3/5/09)
- Major code optimization

Version 3.0.9.8 (3/4/09)
- Player comments have been limited to 100 characters
- Comment display has been limited to 3 lines
- A BadPlayer will now have the text 'BAD' where their level used to be if you target them
- Clicking a players information in the search frame will now perform a /who query
- BadPlayer can now communicate with other BadPlayer users in your guild
- BadPlayer Alerts have been extended to query fellow guild members
- Added version checking and update notification

Version 3.0.9.7 (2/16/09)
- The BadPlayer List is now rendered on a higher level layer
- Alerts are now active for BadPlayers in your raid
- Renamed most files within the \BadPlayer Directory
- No longer alerts you more than one per player for the length of the group
- The BadPlayer button in the social frame now Toggles the list
- Changed the data reset slash command to prevent accidental data loss
- The date of last incident is no longer displayed in the main list
- The main list now shows the data channels you and the BadPlayer may have in common

Version 3.0.8.6 (2/8/09)
- You can now press Enter while the search box is focused to lookup a player
- Searching a player now removes the focus from the search box
- Adding/Updating a comment now removes the focus from the search box

Version 3.0.8.5 (2/8/09)
- Added a button to the Friends Frame that opens the BadPlayer List
- Added slash command to search for a character directly (/BadPlayer <Playername>)

Version 3.0.8.4 (2/8/09)
- Alerts are now active for BadPlayers in your group (30 sec cooldown)
- Clicking a name in the alert message will open that players' search frame
- Added confirmation dialogs when adding/removing players from the list

Originally posted by Ne0nguy Thanks for the feedback.
I have isolated the issue and it will be fixed in the next release of BadPlayer.

To work around the 12 char limit, use a slash command to open the BadPlayer list before you open the friends frame.
The friends frame limits the text to 12 because it uses a similar window for the input to add players to your friends list. 12 being the maximum amount of letters in a character name.

Originally posted by Bloaf I am running into an error with BadPlayer, it will only let me enter 12 characters into the comment field. Per the release notes, I should be able to enter 300 charaters over 3 lines I believe.

Thanks for the feedback.
I have isolated the issue and it will be fixed in the next release of BadPlayer.

To clarify, the character limit is 100, not 300. If you did manage to save a comment that was 100 characters long, the text would wrap up to 3 lines and then get cut off when it could display no more.

Due to some technical issues, I will not be updating any of my add-ons until the 3.1 patch day.
To work around the 12 char limit, use a slash command to open the BadPlayer list before you open the friends frame.
The friends frame limits the text to 12 because it uses a similar window for the input to add players to your friends list. 12 being the maximum amount of letters in a character name.

Hello, great mod! I had been using NotesUNeed for a long time to take notes on bad players and people not to group with, but BadPlayer is so much simpler and has some better features, thank you!.

I am running into an error with BadPlayer, it will only let me enter 12 characters into the comment field. Per the release notes, I should be able to enter 300 charaters over 3 lines I believe. So it would seem that there is a conflict on my end. Are you aware of any mods that conflict with BadPlayer or would cause this behavior?

Originally posted by Snowwy Have you considered also implementing a good player portion of this mod? I mean I already consider this one of the best mods ever, but having a guild sharable good player list would be awesome to boot.

This add-on was mainly intended for warning you about potential bad players to prevent wipes and group breakups.
There are numerous other add-ons that keep track of players you have had good experiences with, but mainly this 'GoodPlayer List' is what the friends list is intended to be.
The sharable part is an interesting idea and I will consider experimenting with that when I redesign the interface and add the options panel.

Have you considered also implementing a good player portion of this mod? I mean I already consider this one of the best mods ever, but having a guild sharable good player list would be awesome to boot.

Originally posted by alphaomega16 How do you make this addon communicate with other guild members that have the addon ?

From a user standpoint or a developers?

Currently it should do this automatically, provided other guild members use this add-on and have the same version.
Whenever a player joins your group they are scanned against your BadPlayer List. If they are not in your list, the add-on queries the player through your guild's private add-on channel.

You can also search for a specific BadPlayer by pressing the Query References button in the search frame.

If nothing happens when this occurs, this only means that the player in question is not on anyone's list.

I love your reply, I'm glad that your doing that (seeing how it's used first). I personally think data sharing is a bit iffy/scary as it can create problems as a person's opinion is a opinion vs fact (yeah semantics lol) but if someone has a problem with someone (or just didn't 'click') it'd be a really bad way to create drama/rumours, if that makes sense. One thing that I do like about this game verses the one I played previous (was a mmo) is that in that game (specially if you were one of the 'higher ups') opinions and things followed you everywhere. So one thing that I think is good about this game is that a person (specially as there are many younger players) can grow...both maturity wise, but also gameplay wise...and still have a second chance. (yeah semantics lol).

But other than that...the guild thing. So as long as a person isn't adding guildies ^^ to their list, there's no worries? (and I'd like to suggest maybe a 'keep me private' option just in case) I personally love the idea of this program, but I'd like it more for me. And having to 'edit' my own words to seem 'flowery' just seems to be a bit tough. Specially since to tell yourself it's a bad player, you really got to be somewhat specific so you remember who was/wasn't. Or if you just want to tell yourself 'remember Naxx?' sort of thing.

Okay done rambling (btw, ldb ^^) *huuuuuuugs*

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Originally posted by Jeania one thing I wouldn't want to do is advertise who my 'bad players' are and why they are on my 'list' so to speak ^^. Is this by any chance a 'private' list [?]

Currently, this addon does not communicate with other players. So yes, it is private. However, one of the next 3 releases is expected to have guild communication.

When this happens, people wont be able search your list. However, whenever someone searches a potential bad player, all the players that have had a bad experience with that player will show up in a list. Upon clicking your name, they will be able to see your comment for that player.

I can see where this could possibly start some drama between players (if a BadPlayer searches himself) but hopefully you wouldnt have that many people you wouldn't want to run with in your guild.

Data sharing options will probably be in a future release, but I think it is important to see how people use this addon before allowing people to suspend their communications.

I do have a question though... I'm very interested in this mod, but one thing I wouldn't want to do is advertise who my 'bad players' are and why they are on my 'list' so to speak ^^. Is this by any chance a 'private' list, so that I don't have to worry that others are seeing the list? (and honestly, I personally wouldn't want to share this info with guilds or friends, just for my own knowledge). Looking forward to the response ^_^

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Originally posted by Miralen wouldn't mind seeing a fubar button for this mod...

I have been experimenting with different non-intrusive ways of quickly launching the UI and will take your idea into consideration. However, I am currently putting full priority into getting the essential parts of this addon completed. So you probably won't see this feature implemented until after it is out of beta.

wouldn't mind seeing a fubar button for this mod or even if you had Broker support than titan and fubar users as well as other users could use that option. Anyways just installed your addon and have yet to put anyone in there but I like it so far.

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